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Players, rivals and legends sign up to fight prostate cancer ahead of new football season

As the Premier League transfer window closes, we're proud to announce our own big signings to the cause – including England legends Frank Lampard and Ray Clemence, the entire Southend United team and four fierce Championship rivals. They join a huge football family uniting together to help us relegate prostate cancer forever.

THE PLAYERS

Southend United wear the cause on their chest

The League One football club's new kit will carry our logo as the main sponsor, with manager Chris Powell hailing our new partnership as a lifesaver.

"By having Prostate Cancer UK on the shirt, messages in the programme and stories of people that have survived, we will definitely save lives and be the bearers of knowledge for prostate cancer in Essex. It’s a really proud moment for us," he says.

For us too, Chris!

THE CLUBS

Forest, Derby, QPR and Millwall forge unlikely partnerships

Championship club rivalries in the East Midlands and London will be put to one side in a pair of unprecedented partnerships to raise awareness and funds for our work.

There'll be match day collections and special stadium events when Nottingham Forest meet Derby County, and QPR play Millwall, and rival fans will ride together in our Football to Amsterdam fundraising cycle ride.

Frank Lampard, the Chelsea and England legend and now Derby County manager, has praised the deal, saying: "It’s excellent to see the club are continuing their strong support for Prostate Cancer UK during the 2018/19 campaign."

While lifelong Derby fan Kevin Cook, who was treated for prostate cancer in 2017, and Forest fan Keith Holmes [both pictured above] are already ahead of the game.

"Myself and Keith came together on the Football March for Men and I’m sure we will be friends for years to come, regardless of results during the season," said Kevin. "Let’s hope we are the first of many fans to unite to fight this disease."

THE MANAGERS

Top bosses wear our 'Man of Men' pin-badge with pride

Frank Lampard will be one of many managers who will once again be sporting our 'Man of Men' pin-badge on the touchline and TV this season.

It's thanks to our long-standing partnership with the League Managers' Association, who are helping raise awareness of the disease among its high-profile membership, and helped in no small part by our ambassador Jeff Stelling and his fellow badge-wearing Soccer Saturday panelists.

THE STAFF & FANS

Incredibly now in his 50th year as Brentford FC's PA announcer, Peter Gilham was bowled over by the support he received from the club and the fans when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year.

"The moment I announced it, I had messages from fans, players past and present, managers from around the country and from people who’ve also been affected by prostate cancer. It was just amazing," he says.

"Then they held a collection for Prostate Cancer UK, and then came the enormous flag…"

THE LEGEND

Ray Clemence recruits his son to the cause

Former England goalkeeper Ray Clemence has been living with advanced prostate cancer since 2005. A long-time ambassador for us, he's now got his son, Stephen – a first-team coach at Aston Villa – on board too.

Football

England football legends hail March for Men heroes as fundraising hits £1 million

A summer of fundraising walks ends with a terrific finale at Wembley Stadium, where Sir Geoff Hurst and Ray Clemence awarded medals to the hundreds who went the marathon-distance in our Football March for Men.